Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region)
Resident workers - Hours worked
Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region)'s residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) depends on a number of factors:
- The availability and take-up of part-time work;
- The industry sector in which they work;
- The occupation level and requirement or opportunity to work overtime, and;
- The age structure and household structure of the working population.
Hours worked statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Age structure Occupations, and Income to provide more insight into the observations made.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
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| Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) - All industries | 2016 | 2011 | Change | ||||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Western Australia% | Number | % | Western Australia% | 2011 - 2016 | ||
| None | 8,020 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 9,203 | 4.3 | 4.7 | -1,183 | ||
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 26,984 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 22,853 | 10.6 | 10.8 | +4,131 | ||
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 23,309 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 20,172 | 9.4 | 9.2 | +3,137 | ||
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 24,385 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 20,178 | 9.4 | 9.5 | +4,207 | ||
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 44,992 | 19.7 | 17.2 | 38,870 | 18.1 | 15.8 | +6,122 | ||
| 40 hours | 43,323 | 19.0 | 17.8 | 40,130 | 18.6 | 17.4 | +3,193 | ||
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 21,008 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 23,632 | 11.0 | 10.9 | -2,624 | ||
| 49 hours or more | 32,290 | 14.1 | 17.3 | 35,645 | 16.6 | 19.6 | -3,355 | ||
| Not stated | 3,964 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4,527 | 2.1 | 2.0 | -563 | ||
| Total Persons | 228,275 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 215,210 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +13,065 | ||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions) Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region)'s resident workers in 2016 compared to Western Australia shows that there was a lower proportion of people who worked part-time (34 hours or less) and a higher proportion of people worked full-time (35 hours or more).
Overall, 36.2% of the resident workers in All industries worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 62.0% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 36.5% and 61.8% respectively for Western Australia.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) of the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) and Western Australia were:
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked None (3.5% compared to 4.0%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 35 hours - 39 hours (19.7% compared to 17.2%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (19.0% compared to 17.8%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (14.1% compared to 17.3%)
Emerging groups
The number of the resident workers (All industries) working full-time (35 hours or more) in the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) increased by 3336 people (2.4%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers (All industries) in the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+6,122 persons)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+4,207 persons)
- 1 hour - 15 hours (+4,131 persons)
- 49 hours or more (-3,355 persons)